Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

towards us. “The way this one was pounding on

frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled

reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his head and goes into the office, where Sinclair is still talking to

the investigators.

you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of

complicated,” I say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s

is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were

wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed to text you.”

me?” Cora asks,

pulling into a grimace.

her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to

in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one who we know had the

suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her

was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move on

taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I

know I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her

know

out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following process and

she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I

his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon

you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time

I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of

you serious? Ether?” she asks,

do hypnosis?”

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